Putin said he has no doppelgangers

December 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin held the annual press conference today, attended by near 1400 journalists. When Putin has been leaven the podium, a journalist asked him an unexpected question whether he has doubles, Joinfo.ua reports.

Putin turned around and said: “What double? I do not have doubles. Why would I have any?”.

Then the reporters gave him a picture of a man who looked really like the Russian president. Putin smiled, took a photo and went backstage.

Here is what the President Putin looked like during his first press conference back in 2001: